Types of Communication Worksheet
Communication tip (Ask how the message travels): Verbal (spoken): talking on the phone, answering aloud in class, telling a story aloud, a speech in assembly. Non-verbal: a smile, a thumbs-up, nodding your head, a frown, crossing your arms, a shrug. Written: a letter, a text message, a note in the diary, an email, a notice on the board. Visual: a map, a bar chart, a traffic light, a diagram of a plant, a no-entry symbol, a picture timetable.
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- 1.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a bar chart (c) a letter to Nani (d) telling a story aloud
- 2.True or false: “a birthday card message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 4.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) visual (b) verbal (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) telling a story aloud (c) a traffic light (d) a bar chart
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) telling a story aloud (c) a frown (d) a birthday card message
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) chatting with a friend (c) answering aloud in class (d) talking on the phone
- 9.True or false: “an email” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 11.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a notice on the board (c) talking on the phone (d) a smile
- 14.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) go (c) stop (d) hurry up
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) telling a story aloud (d) a map
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a bar chart (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a speech in assembly
- 18.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 19.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a traffic light (c) chatting with a friend (d) a frown
- 21.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) you can read it again (b) nobody can read it (c) it is always faster (d) it has no words
- 22.True or false: “a frown” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: “a smile” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 26.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a shrug (b) a speech in assembly (c) a no-entry symbol (d) chatting with a friend
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a speech in assembly (c) a text message (d) telling a story aloud
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 30.True or false: “a notice on the board” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) an email (c) a notice on the board (d) a letter to Nani
- 32.True or false: “an email” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “crossing your arms” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “a note in the diary” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) telling a story aloud (c) a picture timetable (d) an email
- 38.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) talking on the phone (c) chatting with a friend (d) a bar chart
- 40.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a bar chart
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- telling a story aloud
- written
- a birthday card message
- a note in the diary
- False
- non-verbal
- True
- False
- a smile
- stop
- non-verbal
- a map
- a speech in assembly
- visual
- True
- a traffic light
- you can read it again
- False
- False
- written
- visual
- verbal communication
- a shrug
- a text message
- non-verbal
- False
- a thumbs-up
- False
- True
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- telling a story aloud
- True
- a bar chart
- True
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